Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing

Philippe Sands: I stumbled upon an unbelievable coincidence

Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women

Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul

Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books

Charlotte Rampling: Still seeking out danger

Paul Beatty: LA is such a crazy place

Ian Rankin: Read crime fiction to find out about a culture

Neil Gaiman: Writing Doctor Who script made me feel like a god

Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V

Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I

Bill Bailey: Why I love the collective nouns for birds